Babylon

Names

  • -76

Numbers

  • X300760
  • BM 41559
  • 81-6-25,173

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  • Parthian
  • Babylon
  • Astronomical Diary

-76

Obverse
o 1'o 1'

[... dele-bat e] AN 6 SI GE₆ [...]

(o 1') [... Venus was] 6 fingers [above] Mars. Ni[ght ...]

o 2'2'

[... dele]-bat SIG SI-MAŠ₂ 3 KUŠ₃ GE₆ [...]

(o 2') [... Ve]nus was 3 cubits below β Capricorni. Night [...]

o 3'3'

[... MUL₂.BABBAR] SIG MUL₂.MUL₂ 2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 11 SAG GE₆ sin [...]

(o 3') [... Jupiter was] 2 cubits below η Tauri. Night of the 11th, beginning of the night, the moo[n ...]

o 4'4'

[...] ina ZALAG₂ AN SIG SI-MAŠ₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 11+[n ...]

(o 4') [...] last part of the night, Mars was 2 ½ cubits below β Capricorni. Night of the 11+[xth, ...]

o 5'5'

[...] TA SI ki TAB-u₂ ina 8 GE₆ 3 SI [...]

(o 5') [...] when it began from the north, in of night [it made] 3 fingers [...]

o 6'6'

[...] MUL₂.BABBAR u MUL₂.KAK.SI.SA₂ GUB.MEŠ [...]

(o 6') [...] Jupiter and Sirius stood there [...]

o 7'7'

[...] sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana [...]

(o 7') [...] the moon being ½ cubit to [...]